Occupation · SOC 29-1071
Physician Assistants: where it is licensed
317,510 employed across 39 industries, median wage $165,470. Licensed in 51 jurisdictions on record.
| Jurisdiction | Licences | Exam-gated | Titles used | See |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | 3 | 0 | Osteopath; Physician and Surgeon | jurisdiction |
| AL | 5 | 0 | Board Certified Anesthesiological Assistant; Board Certified Physician | jurisdiction |
| AR | 1 | 1 | Physician Assistant (PA) | jurisdiction |
| AZ | 2 | 0 | Physician; Physician Assistant | jurisdiction |
| CA | 5 | 0 | General Anesthesia Permit (dentist or physician); Osteopathic Physicia | jurisdiction |
| CO | 7 | 7 | Anesthesiologist Assistants; Foreign Teaching Physician | jurisdiction |
| CT | 2 | 1 | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Physician Assistant | jurisdiction |
| DC | 6 | 5 | Anesthesiologist Assistants; Marine Physician Assistant | jurisdiction |
| DE | 4 | 4 | Physician; Physician Assistant | jurisdiction |
| FL | 8 | 8 | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Anesthesiologist Assistant | jurisdiction |
| GA | 3 | 3 | Advanced Practice - CRNA; Physician | jurisdiction |
| GU | 1 | 0 | Physician Assistant | jurisdiction |
| HI | 4 | 4 | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon | jurisdiction |
| IA | 1 | 1 | Physician Assistant (PA) | jurisdiction |
| ID | 3 | 3 | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN); Physician Assistants | jurisdiction |
| IL | 7 | 6 | LICENSED PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | jurisdiction |
| IN | 10 | 10 | APN Prescriptive Authority; CSR- Osteopathic Physician | jurisdiction |
| KS | 4 | 4 | Doctors of Medicine & Surgery (MD); Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine & | jurisdiction |
| KY | 6 | 6 | Nurse Anesthetist (APRN); Nurse, Clinical Specialist (APRN) | jurisdiction |
| LA | 4 | 4 | Osteopath; Physician or Medical Doctor | jurisdiction |
| MA | 2 | 2 | PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | jurisdiction |
| MD | 2 | 0 | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIAN, OPHTHALOMOLOGIST, MEDICAL DOCTOR, MED | jurisdiction |
| ME | 15 | 15 | Clinical Nurse Specialist (Advanced Practice RN); Medical Doctor | jurisdiction |
| MI | 5 | 5 | Medical Doctor, Clinical Academic (M.D.); Medical Doctor, Educational | jurisdiction |
| MN | 7 | 0 | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) License; Border State Regist | jurisdiction |
| MO | 7 | 7 | Advanced Practice Nurses; Anesthesiologist Assistant | jurisdiction |
| MP | 3 | 2 | Physician; Physician's Assistant/Medex | jurisdiction |
| MS | 3 | 2 | Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine; Physician - Medical Doctor | jurisdiction |
| MT | 8 | 6 | Medical Examiners - Medical Doctor; Medical Examiners - Medical Doctor | jurisdiction |
| NC | 14 | 11 | Anesthesiologist Assistant; Dispensing Nurse Practitioner or Physician | jurisdiction |
| ND | 4 | 4 | Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN); Osteopaths | jurisdiction |
| NE | 4 | 0 | Osteopathic Physician (DO); Physician Assistant | jurisdiction |
| NH | 3 | 2 | Nurse, Advanced Practice Registered (APRN); Physician and Surgeon | jurisdiction |
| NJ | 1 | 1 | PHYSICIAN | jurisdiction |
| NM | 6 | 4 | Anesthesiologists Assistants; Medical Doctor | jurisdiction |
| NY | 2 | 1 | Physician; Physician Assistant | jurisdiction |
| OH | 3 | 3 | Physician Assistant; Physicians (D. O.) | jurisdiction |
| OK | 5 | 5 | Anesthesiologist Assistant; Osteopathic Physician (D.O.) | jurisdiction |
| OR | 8 | 0 | Physician Assistant; Physician Assistant, Limited Licenses | jurisdiction |
| PA | 9 | 9 | Medical Doctor Graduate Training License; Medical Doctor Institutional | jurisdiction |
| RI | 1 | 1 | Physician Assistant | jurisdiction |
| SC | 12 | 0 | Academic License; Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) | jurisdiction |
| SD | 2 | 0 | Osteopath; Physician Assistant | jurisdiction |
| TN | 5 | 5 | ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN | jurisdiction |
| TX | 5 | 2 | NURSE, ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED (APRN); PERFUSIONIST | jurisdiction |
| UT | 1 | 0 | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | jurisdiction |
| VA | 7 | 3 | Doctor of Medicine; Limited Professorial License/LimitedFellow License | jurisdiction |
| VT | 3 | 3 | Anesthesiologist Assistant, Certified; Physician Assistant | jurisdiction |
| WA | 5 | 5 | Doctor; Osteopathic Physician | jurisdiction |
| WI | 3 | 3 | ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE PRESCRIBER; PHYSICIAN | jurisdiction |
| WY | 3 | 3 | ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE; PHYSICIAN | jurisdiction |
Matched on SOC code rather than on job title, because the register and the wage data use different words for the same work — California licenses an Electrical Contractor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts an Electrician.